Novikov

Novikov, Novikoff (masculine, Russian: Новиков) or Novikova (feminine, Russian: Новикова) is one of the most common Russian surnames. Derived from novik - a teenager on military service who comes from a noble, boyar or cossack family in Russia of 16th-18th centuries. It may refer to:

Novikov

• Alexei Novikov (1916–1986), Soviet pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Alexey Novikov (painter) (b. 1931), Russian painter
• Alexey Novikov-Priboy (1877–1944), Russian writer
• Alexander Novikov (1900–1976), Russian Marshal of Aviation, Double Hero of the Soviet Union
• Alexander Novikov (mathematician), mathematician known for his work on stochastic processes
• Alexander Vasilievich Novikov (b. 1953) (ru) - singer-songwriter
• Anatoliy Novikov (1947–2022), Ukrainian judoka
• Anatoly Novikov (composer) (1896–1984), Russian composer
• Andrey Novikov (1889–1941), Russian writer
• Andriy Novikov (b. 1999), Ukrainian football player
• Arkady Novikov (b. 1962), Russian restaurateur
• Artem Novikov (b. 1987), Kyrgyzstani politician
• Boris Novikov (sportsman) (1909–1989), Russian sportsman and trainer
• Boris Novikov (1925–1997), Soviet actor
• Dennis Novikov (b. 1993), American tennis player
• Dmitry Novikov (b. 1969), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Evgeny Novikov (b. 1990), Russian rally driver
• Ignatiy Novikov (1907–?), Soviet statesman
• Igor Novikov (painter) (b. 1961), Swiss-Russian painter Soviet Nonconformist Art, Switzerland
• Igor Novikov (chess player) (b. 1962), Ukrainian then U.S. chess grandmaster
• Igor Alexandrovich Novikov (1929–2007), Russian sportsman and trainer; former biathlon champion
• Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov (b. 1935), Russian theoretical astrophysicist and cosmologist
  • Novikov self-consistency principle, principle to solve the problems of paradoxes in time travel, developed by him
• Ilya Novikov, (b. 1982), Russian jurist
• Ivan Novikov (1879–?), Russian novelist, playwright, and poet
• Ivan Alexeyevich Novikov (1877–1959), Russian writer
• Ivan Ivanovich Novikov (1916–2014), Russian scientist
• Jevgeni Novikov (b. 1980), Estonian footballer
• Konstantin Novikov (1919–1958), Soviet pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Nikita Novikov (ice hockey) (b. 2003), Russian ice hockey player
• Nikolai Vasilevich Novikov (1903–1989), Soviet ambassador to the United States
• Nikolay Ivanovich Novikov (1744–1818), Russian writer and philanthropist
• Nikolay Vasilyevich Novikov (1880–1957), Russian historian
• Oleg Novikov (b. 1968), general director of Eksmo
• Oleksandr Novikov (b. 1982), Ukrainian politician and law enforcement officer
• Oleksii Novikov (b. 1996), Ukrainian strongman and winner of World's Strongest Man
• Pyotr Novikov (1901–1975), Russian mathematician
• Sergei Novikov (mathematician) (1938–2024), Russian mathematician, son of Pyotr
  • Novikov conjecture, an unsolved problem in topology named for him
• Sergei Borisovich Novikov (b. 1961), Soviet footballer
• Sergei Valentinovich Novikov (b. 1979), Belarusian biathlete
• Sergei Novikov (cross-country skier), Russian cross-country skier
• Stepan Novikov, Russian grenadier who saved Surorov from a Turkish warrior in the Battle of Kinburn
• Tanel-Eiko Novikov, Estonian percussionist
• Vasily Loginovich Novikov (1915–1941), Soviet pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Vasily Mikhailovich Novikov (1910–1979), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Viktor Novikov (1913–1941), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Vitali Novikov, Russian ice dancer.
• Vladimir Mikhaylovich Novikov (1907–1990), Russian poet
• Vladimir Novikov (politician) (1907–2000), Soviet statesman
• Vladimir Stepanovich Novikov (b. 1922), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Yakov Novikov (also Jacques Novicow) (1849–1912), sociologist
• Yegor Novikov (1915–1941), Soviet pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Yuri Novikov (b. 1972), Kazakh footballer

Novikoff

• Alex Benjamin Novikoff (1913–1987), Russian-born, American biologist
• Ivan Novikoff (1899–2002), Russian-born ballet master
• Laurent Novikoff (1888–1956)
• Olga Novikoff (1840s–1925), Russian author
• Tyrone Novikoff, American football player

Novikova

• Anastasiya Novikova (1980-2004), NTK television announcer in Kazakhstan
• Anastasiya Novikova (footballer) (born 1998), Belarusian footballer
• Elena Novikova (born 1984), Ukrainian road cyclist
• Irina B. Novikova (born 1975), Russian-American physicist
• Ksenia Novikova (born 1980), Russian singer, actress, songwriter
• Olesya Novikova, Russian ballet dancer
• Yuliya Novikova (born 1973), Russian film and stage actress

See also

• Arvydas Novikovas (b. 1990), Lithuanian footballer